Validation of a Ribosomal DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction Species Diagnostic Assay for the Common Malaria Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Sibling Species Complex

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 952-954

  Rutledge, C Roxanne ^a   Cornel, Anthony J ^b   Meek, C Lamar ^a   Collins, Frank H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles quadrimaculatus; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Polymerase chain reaction; Sibling species

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES QUADRIMACULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030278841     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.6.952     Document Type: Article

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